Not for me.



Hello everybody,


I spend the last three months trying to find an agency in China to help me to cross the borders and travel WITHOUT a guide for two months in June and July 2015.

Most of the agencies that I contacted would not even answer. The ones that would answer told me that I cant travel without a guide. I found only one agency, that said it could be possible without a guide, and this agency is the one that Laura mentioned

www.chinatierradeaventura.com

and after some emails, Ricard gave me a quote for the following journey.

One bike, one rider. Entering Beginning of June 2015 at Suifenhe (Mudanjang) / Pogranicoyj (Ussurijsk) coming from Russia. Travelling for two months (60 days) and than leaving to Kirgistan.


This is the qoute from Ricard:


About the cost in China, be ready for a heart attack,
-ONLY ONE VEHICLE
Enter and exit fee including temporary driving license, temporary license for vehicle, insurance. 50000 RMB (today’s rate is 7,7 RMB one Euro)
Guide service including support vehicle (is mandatory in most of the places you will be) 3000 RMB7PER DAY

The cost if you can joint some other travelers will drop quite a lot cause some of the cost can be share


For my journey this would cost me: 38000 Usd plus fuel and hotels.

As soon as I got the quote, I asked Ricard if he made a mistake with the zeros, but he confirmed that this was the price. So, I have to tell nobody here on the Hubb, that I am not going to look for other travelers to share this amount. There is no way that I will get the costs down to something that I want to afford.


This leaves me with three options. Renting a bike. Buying a bike. Getting my bike over the border without paperwork ;-)

There is still plenty of time, but I wont try the official version over an agency anymore.

Hope this helps somebody to plan his journey to China.

Greetings from Finland
mika